Line #70 Recap/ChuckS4E02ChuckVsTheSuitcase


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4	'''Chuck Versus The Suitcase''' is the second episode of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'''s fourth season.
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7	Chuck and Sarah go undercover in Milan during Fashion Week to retrieve a high-tech secret weapon from a Volkoff agent.
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9	Morgan discovers a fatal flaw that compromises the new Buy More.
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11	Sarah and Casey deal with their issues outside of their spy lives.
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15	!!This episode provides examples of:
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17	* AccidentalPervert:
18	** When trying to steal Sofia's purse during the party at Milan, Chuck inadvertently ends up groping her butt instead.
19	-->''[Chuck reaches for Sofia's purse and accidentally touches her butt]''\
20	'''Sofia:''' Excuse me! Who do you think you are?\
21	'''Chuck:''' Nobody! I'm nobody! This is nothing! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No, I wasn't trying to do that, put my hand on your bottom]].\
22	''[{{beat}}]''\
23	''[Chuck still has his hand on her bottom]''\
24	'''Sofia:''' Your hand is ''still'' touching [[ProudBeauty my perfection!]]\
25	'''Chuck:''' ''[pulling his hand away''] So it is. So sorry. That was an accident. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Happy accident!]] Kind of. Not really. Uh, but I'm not a weirdo pervert by any stretch!
26	** Sofia [[HomeEarlySurprise comes back to her hotel room early]] while Chuck and Sarah are infiltrating it and they hide in her closet, with Chuck forced to watch as she comes in and [[DressHitsFloor takes off her dress]].
27	* ArmsDealer: Sofia is a Volkoff agent that uses her job as an international fashion model as a cover to travel all around the world.
28	* BatmanGambit: Sofia knows that spies are after her [[SmartGun Smart Bullet Clip]], so she puts a TimeBomb in her purse and lets them steal it. And the ones she has at the safe in her hotel room are ''also'' a fake.
29	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Subverted\|Trope}}, both Sarah and Sofia are bloodied and bruised after their fight in the runway.
30	* BlackTieInfiltration: Chuck and Sarah's first and final attempt at retrieving Sofia's SmartGun takes place during fancy parties in Milan.
31	* BodyguardCrush: Sofia's main bodyguard Gerard (played by Creator/LouFerrigno) has a major crush on her. When Sarah sneaks up on him to knock him out, but he hears her and assumes it's Sofia and hilariously tries to confess to her, which weirds out Sarah.
32	-->'''Gerard:''' For so many years I've been your muscle. But, you know, the strongest muscle in my body is my heart. And now it belongs to you.
33	* CatFight: Sarah's fight with Sofia on the runway catwalk is played for {{fanservice}}. So much so the audience thinks it was AllPartOfTheShow.
34	* ChekhovsGun: During the briefing about Sofia, one of the pictures shows her undressing. At first, this seems like simple {{Fanservice}}, but later Chuck realizes she was undressing because she hides the [[SmartGun Smart Bullet Clip]] in [[VictoriasSecretCompartment her sequined dress]].
35	* ClingyJealousGirl: Sarah becomes very jealous of Chuck's obvious attraction to Sofia, with a RunningGag of her giving him {{Death Glare}}s whenever she notices he's EatingTheEyeCandy or becoming DistractedByTheSexy. When she finds Sofia using Chuck as a HumanShield while naked, she's actually more pissed at her nudity than at the HumanShield part.
36	-->'''Sarah:''' ''[incredulously]'' Is she naked?\
37	'''Chuck:''' ''[extremely nervous]'' Who?\
38	'''Sarah:''' ''[DeathGlare]''\
39	'''Chuck:''' Yes, yes she is.
40	* CommitmentIssues: This episode focuses on Sarah and Casey having these since "spies don’t have roots".
41	** Being a spy who's MarriedToTheJob, Sarah is unwilling to "plant roots", demonstrated by the eponymous suitcase that she refuses to unpack at Chuck's place, as she's used to not having a home and being always on the move. At the end of the episode, she willingly unpacks the suitcase, telling Chuck that "''He'' is her home" and the situation seems to be resolved... but then Chuck comments that maybe they're "next" to get married and have children. Cue a shot of Sarah's [[FreakOut freaked out expression]].
42	** Casey is hesitant about developing a relationship with his daughter Alex and has been avoiding her for months, since he thinks his spy life is too complicated and he's not sure how he's going to fit into her life or how she will fit into his. Morgan encourages him to pursue it.
43	* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon: {{Implied\|Trope}}, since Sofia has a gun with her when she confronts Chuck in her closet after getting out of the shower. A gun and [[FullFrontalAssault nothing else]].
44	* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: To keep the "Buy More" front, Morgan actually convinces Beckman to hire the previous incompetent crew, since the fake agents were far too competent and were raising suspicion. She even promotes Morgan to the manager due to his insight.
45	* CurtainCamouflage: Chuck and Sarah hide behind Sofia's dresses when she comes back to her hotel room unexpectedly.
46	* DesignatedGirlFight: Sarah is the one to have the final confrontation with the villainess of the week.
47	* DistractedByTheLuxury: Chuck and Sarah become distracted by the luxury of Sofia's apartment, especially her closet full of [[AllWomenLoveShoes shoes]] and [[UnlimitedWardrobe many different dresses]], which contrasts to Sarah who only carries around a small suitcase when she travels and has an empty closet at Chuck's house.
48	* FeetFirstIntroduction: The first thing we see of Sofia is a shot of her feet as she running from a US agent that's pursuing her.
49	* FullFrontalAssault: Sofia has to confront Chuck and Sarah in her hotel room while naked and wet when she finds they infiltrated while she was showering.
50	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Morgan's presentation about how the new Buy More is too efficiently run, in the form of a monologue as he strolls through the Buy More as he attempts to cause chaos, but the CIA agents hired to run the store as a substation keep fixing everything before anything happens, using all sorts of crazy stuntwork and precise timing.
51	* HeadTurningBeauty: Chuck is drooling over Sofia just at looking at her profile pictures and even General Beckman admits she's "quite fetching".
52	* HeroWorshipper: One of the kids in the Buy More starts doing this to Greta after seeing how amazing he is at his job, which deeply disturbs Morgan since he thinks no one should ''ever'' admire a Buy More employer.
53	-->'''Kid''': I don't wanna be an astronaut anymore, Mommy. I wanna work at the Buy More.\
54	'''Greta''': First you have to finish school, little man.
55	* HumanShield: Sofia makes one out of Chuck, doubling as HandOrObjectUnderwear since she's [[FullFrontalAssault completely naked at the time]]. Sarah seems actually more concerned that [[ClingyJealousGirl Chuck is wrapped up against the nude Sofia]] than worried over his safety. The situation is resolved when Sarah shots the shower door behind Sofia and Chuck manages to free himself from her grip.
56	* HyperCompetentSidekick: The fake agents working as the Buy More staff are so competent at their job, Devon actually becomes suspicious and (correctly) guesses that they're all spies.
57	* InsecureLoveInterest: Chuck feels uneasy about Sarah’s inability to unpack her things and officially move into his place.
58	* InstantSedation: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]], when Casey gets tired of Jeff and Lester, he just shots with Lester with a TranquillizerDart and he immediately drops. But when he shots Jeff he just {{No\|Sell}}-Sells it. It takes Casey emptying the clip on him to get him to drop.
59	* InterruptedBath: Sofia's {{shower\|Scene}} is interrupted by Chuck sneaking around in her closet. She [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl doesn't bother putting any clothes on]] before [[FullFrontalAssault confronting him]].
60	* LameLastWords: Narrowly {{averted\|Trope}}. When Chuck thinks the TimeBomb strapped to his hand will kill him and Sarah, he confesses he still loves her ''despite'' the suitcase thing. She's later pissed at him that his last words to her were going to be nagging her about her CommitmentIssues.
61	* LegacyCharacter: Greta is revealed to be this, with this episode's incarnation being a huge and handsome black man played by Creator/IsaiahMustafa (better known as Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike)
62	* LingerieScene: Sarah strips down to her BlackBraAndPanties when she has to put on the Sequined dress containing the microchips.
63	* LimitedWardrobe: Sofia only wears the same SimpleYetOpulent sequined {{Sexy Backless\|Outfit}} Dress for most of the episode. [[JustifiedTrope After seeing her vast wardrobe, Chuck correctly deduces it's because she's using the sequined dress to transport the]] [[SmartGun Smart Bullets Clip]].
64	* LustObject: Sofia becomes this to Chuck, he gets DistractedByTheSexy just from seeing her profile picture. Not helped by all the sexually charged situations he keeps getting with her, like [[AccidentalPervert accidentally groping her]], having to watch her undress and being [[FullFrontalAssault held hostage by her while she's naked and wet]].
65	* MaleGaze: The camera pans up and down Sofia's SexySilhouette in the shower.
66	* MarriedToTheJob: Casey tells Chuck this is the case for not only himself and Sarah, but every good spy as "spies don't put down roots".
67	* MrFanservice: Greta #2 is a male, but still just as ridiculously attractive as the last one. It helps when he's played by Creator/IsaiahMustafa, best known as Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike.
68	* MsFanservice: Sofia Stepanova is a gorgeous supermodel (and played by actual supermodel Creator/KarolinaKurkova) and spends her screen time in a SexyBacklessOutfit or [[FullFrontalAssault naked]].
69	* NoPeekingRequest: {{Inverted\|Trope}}, Sofia has to demand Chuck turn around to keep facing her when she's holding him at gunpoint while she's naked.
70	* PleasePutSomeClothesOn:
71	** Chuck is very uncomfortable about Sofia's state of undress when she tries to interrogate him at gunpoint.
72	-->''[Chuck is almost finished opening her safe]''\
73	'''Sofia:''' ''[ClickHello]'' Don't move.\
74	'''Chuck:''' ''[slowly turns around to face her, sees she's completely naked and [[IgnoreTheFanservice quickly turns away]]]''\
75	'''Sofia:''' Look at me.\
76	'''Chuck:''' ''[turns to face her again, trying and failing not to ogle her]'' Okay, you should know that I have a girlfriend--\
77	'''Sofia:''' Who do you work for, and how did you find me?\
78	'''Chuck:''' ''[nervously]'' I would love to get into this. Is it at all possible for you to cover yourself with maybe a [[ModestyTowel towel]]?
79	** While escaping from Sofia's hotel room, Chuck and Sarah make a run for the balcony. Chuck hooks Sarah up and before Sarah lifts herself she fires a warning shot in the direction of the naked Sofia who's pursuing them, quipping "put some clothes on" before lifting off.
80	* PrettyLittleHeadshots: During the intro, Sofia shoots a US RedShirt agent that was pursuing him with the SmartGun, killing him with a bloodless headshot, to show how efficient and dangerous the gun is.
81	* SexyBacklessOutfit: Sofia wears a sequined backless dress in most of her appearances. Which makes Chuck realize she's likely hiding the microchips for the SmartGun in them, since a famous model would never wear the same dress so many times.
82	* SexySilhouette: A combination of the glass door and CensorSteam ensure only Sofia's silhouette is seen while she's {{shower\|Scene}}ing.
83	* SexySurfacingShot: The surveillance photo General Beckman pulls of Sofia has her walking out of the ocean in a bikini. It immediately gets Chuck's attention.
84	-->'''Chuck:''' Hiyo! Who do we have taking our surveillance pics? Because those are tremendous. Can you see the way...? ''[notices Sarah's DeathGlare]'' Uh. What? No. No, no, no. I'm just saying, clearly... In a bathing suit? I didn't notice that.
85	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Sofia makes no attempt at covering herself when she confronts Chuck fresh out of the shower.
86	* ShouldersUpNudity: When the naked Sofia is holding Chuck at gunpoint, the camera doesn't fall bellow her breast line, unless it's showing her [[ToplessnessFromTheBack bare back]].
87	* ShoutOut:
88	** Lester tries to pull a JediMindTrick on Morgan when he attempts to rehire him, deliberately quoting ''Film/ANewHope''.
89	--->'''Lester:''' ''[waves hands]'' These are not the boys you're looking for.
90	** When Morgan gives Chuck a speech about relationships with "AchillesHeel" that ruined everything, he mentions several conflicted relationships: "Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet, Literature/TristanAndIseult and [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin and Padmé]]".
91	** Chuck attempts to replicate Peter and Mary Jane's {{signature\|scene}} upside-down kiss from ''Film/SpiderMan1'', but Sarah refuses.
92	** When Sofia fires the SmartGun in the opening, we get a close-up BulletTime shot of the bullet, showing that it is shaped like the Tardis from ''Series/DoctorWho''.
93	* ShowerOfAwkward: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]]. Instead of walking into Sofia showering, she walks into Chuck and Sarah while they're in her closet and they're forced to watch her strip to go shower. And when they try to sneak off, she confronts them [[FullFrontalAssault without a stitch of clothing on]]. It's particularly awkward since Chuck is attracted to her and Sarah is [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous of it]].
94	* SmartGun: Team Bartowski is tasked to retrieve one from Sofia. In this case, it's actually a Smart ''Bullet Clip'', the bullets are said to have a built-in GPS that allows them to be microchip-controlled, guiding them to the target. Casey scoffs at the idea, saying a [[ImprobableAimingSkills real spy would have no need for such a thing]].
95	* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Sofia puts a TimeBomb inside her purse, [[BatmanGambit knowing the spies after her would steal it from her]]. Sarah manages to disarm it when she CutTheFuse.
96	* StrappedToABomb: Chuck first instinct upon finding Sofia's TimeBomb is to [[RelocatingTheExplosion grab it and throw it away]], but Sofia put a pressor sensor in it, meaning it would explode if he let go of it. Thankfully, Sarah managed to [[CutTheFuse disarm it]] in time.
97	* TranquillizerDart:
98	** Casey pulls one out when Jeff and Lester start annoying him.
99	** Chuck has a pair of Tranquillizer ''Gloves'' which he uses to take out some of Sofia's bodyguards, including [[TheBrute Gerard]].
100	* ThatCameOutWrong: Chuck does this when he asks Sarah if she thinks Sofia can see them in the closet while she's showering.
101	-->''[Chuck and Sarah look at Sofia's SexySilhouette in the bathroom]''\
102	'''Chuck:''' Can you see anything?\
103	'''Sarah:''' [[ClingyJealousGirl Are you serious!?]]\
104	'''Chuck:''' No, I'm serious.\
105	'''Sarah:''' ''[DeathGlare]''\
106	'''Chuck:''' What, are you kidd-- Who do you think I am? If ''we'' can't see anything, then ''she'' can't see anything either, right?\
107	'''Sarah:''' Oh. Right. Okay.
108	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Used when Sofia is undressing in her closet and when she takes Chuck as her HumanShield.
109	* VillainOfTheWeek: DarkActionGirl Sofia Stepanova, a Volkoff ArmsDealer with a dangerous SmartGun that team Bartowski is pursuing.

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